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Regulatory Agencies with Financial Services

Readers can learn about new loan transactions, international trade agreements, mortgage loans and bank financing legislation, and other news as it unfolds in the US and around the world. Details that are covered by governmental and regulatory agencies including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), are routinely updated on the site. With ongoing agency news dealing with the CFPB, agency directors, and nominations to financial and banking agencies, the National Law Review constantly adds new cases and newsreaders want to remain informed about.

Global Financial Services

International banking and financial institutions news is also covered on the National Law Review. UK regulatory framework covered, including the Australian crowd-sourced funding regime, and EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), along with international insolvency, news, and legislation from around the world, which are linked to non-US foreign banks and institutions, are regularly published online.  Additionally, the legal experts at the National Law Review consistently offer updates on the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and the effects of Brexit.

Financial Services and Innovation

The National Law Review also covers hot topics such as financial services law and FinTech (financial technology). Additionally, we cover topics like bitcoin, cryptocurrency transactions, SEC regulations, blockchain technologies, and compliance under finance laws like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Additionally, cases and news which is governed under the Federal Reserve Act, the Fair Credit and Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are also analyzed in articles on the site.

Securities & the SEC

The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The National Law Review covers news and updates coming out of the SEC, including information about updates on the US SEC EDGAR system and related requirements, rules designed to limit and enforce rules against Insider Trading and Anti-Money Laundering settlements. Additionally, analysis of the SEC Division of Investment Management leadership and proposed rulemakings.

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Recent Securities, SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

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2016
Custody Rule Examiners Need To, You Know, Examine Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP
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16
2017
A “Pro-Creditor” Supreme Court Decision That Does No Favor for Banks Murtha Cullina
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14
2018
Comptroller Otting comments on short-term, small dollar loan bulletin, special purpose national bank charter for fintech companies, Madden Ballard Spahr LLP
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12
2021
Tenth Circuit Addresses Damages for Excessive Recordkeeping Fee Claims Proskauer Rose LLP
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18
2022
US Executive Branch Update – May 18, 2022 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
18
2023
Regulatory Interest in Fair Lending Spikes Katten
Mar
19
2013
Illinois Legislature Overrules Cypress Creek and Resolves Controversial Mechanics’ Lien Enhancement Issue In Favor Of Contractors Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
25
2017
SEC Continues To Pay Out Millions In Secrecy Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Feb
13
2018
CFPB Introduces New Strategic Plan under Acting Director Mulvaney Covington & Burling LLP
Oct
1
2018
Fifth Circuit Gets it Right, Affirms Summary Judgment Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
17
2023
FCA Issues Warning to Cryptoasset Firms Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Nov
30
2023
CISA Issues Mitigation Guide for Healthcare + Public Health Sector Robinson & Cole LLP
Jun
22
2020
Further Guidance from ECJ on Insureds Right to Choose Their Own Lawyer Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
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22
2023
CFTC Crackdown: Three DeFi Platforms Face Enforcement Actions McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
22
2016
FINRA Issues Notice on the Application of the Mark-Up Rule to Exempted Government Securities Transactions Katten
Dec
7
2017
Regulation Of Crypto-Currencies Under Negotiation Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
23
2019
Summer Is Coming – Are You Prepared for the SEC OCIE Cybersecurity Sweep? Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Mar
16
2022
That's a Wrap: NC General Assembly Ends Longest Session in State History Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
12
2024
The SEC Fines Stand-Alone Adviser for Off-Channel Communications K&L Gates
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5
2017
Issuance of Part I of CFPB Debt Collection Rule is imminent Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
19
2021
What Labor Nominee Martin Walsh Means for the Future of the Fiduciary Rule Bracewell LLP
Aug
17
2022
Warning to All U.S. Taxpayers Who Use Cryptocurrency: “Crypto” Doesn’t Mean Your Currency is Secret — or Protected — from the IRS Foley & Lardner LLP
Jul
19
2023
Transfer on Death Beneficiary Designations for Financial and Real Property Assets Blank Rome LLP
Feb
11
2019
Insider Trading Exposed By Whistleblower Tips and New Technology Zuckerman Law
May
18
2023
Keep Your Paws Off My Positive Arbitrage – “With Great Power Comes Some Responsibility” Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jan
27
2017
Bank of England Governor delivers wide-ranging FinTech speech K&L Gates
Oct
4
2018
CFPB Releases Report and RFI on Data Collection Ballard Spahr LLP
Jun
3
2021
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